Here’s a curious thing. According to the Westchester Journal News, a photo exhibit designed to promote same-sex marriage was up for less than day in a New Rochelle chain restaurant, was ordered removed by corporate headquarters after complaints, and was allowed to stay on view after a counterprotest by gay-rights advocates. According to the paper, […]
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Two chefs whose restaurants are just blocks apart in downtown Albany will take part in a statewide veal cook-off next week. Jaime Ortiz, executive chef of Angelo’s 677 Prime restaurant in Albany, will be one of seven competitors from around the state at the Veal Platinum Plate Competition. His downtown neighbor Yono Purnomo, chef-owner of […]
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Cuisine Magic, a culinary competition now in its 14th year as a fundraiser for the Eddy Visiting Nurse Association, is scheduled for Sunday, March 11, at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Albany. The reception begins at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 and awards ceremony at 8:30. The competing chefs: Timothy Vennard, Normanside Country Club; Ric Orlando, […]
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We pass along with delight the link to a food blog called Cookthink, co-created and -written by a former colleague of ours named Chip Brantley (well, his bylined first name here was William), who left us to become a cheesemaker. In addition to clear writing and classy photos of many ingredients and step-by-step techniques, Cookthink also sends out […]
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Provence restaurant in Stuyvesant Plaza, Guilderland, is hosting its sixth annual champagne dinner, scheduled for 6:45 p.m. next Tuesday (3/6). The five-course meal by chef Michael Cunningham will be paired with five different offerings from Perrier Jouet, a venerable estate approaching its 200th birthday. The event will be hosted by Fabien Gay, a Perrier Jouet […]
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The kerfuffle between restaurant owner Jeffrey Chodorow and New York Times dining critic Frank Bruni got me thinking about what qualifies someone to be a critic. (In the full-page NYTimes ad Chodorow took out to blast Bruni, he says Bruni and his predecessor, William Grimes, are “not really food critics, at least any more than […]
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Michael Eck, a longtime and frequent freelancer for the Times Union who also produces and hosts “Performance Place” on WAMC (90.3 FM), passed along the following tip. Referring to CCK Chinese & Japanese Restaurant, located at 299 Central Ave. (between North Lake and Quail), Eck’s wrote: It’s Chinese/Japanese with lost of unusual items – duck’s […]
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Taillevent, a legendary French restaurant that was the longest-tenured three-star eatery in Paris, has been demoted to two stars by the latest Michelin Guide. The restaurant had held its three stars, the top Michelin ranking, for 34 years. Another blog’s item about the new rankings is here. (If you read French, the account from Le […]
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